Poll: Colorado voters like the death penalty, Hick, Tancredo run neck and neck

Gov. John Hickenlooper faces tough polling numbers Thursday and 67 percent of those polled disagree with his recent death penalty decision.

WASHINGTON — Colorado voters overwhelmingly support the death penalty and 67 percent disagree with Gov. John Hickenlooper’s recent decision to grant the convicted murderer temporary reprieve from being sentenced to die, according to a poll out this morning.

The same Quinnipiac poll shows Hickenlooper running in a close race with former Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Republican who ran against him in 2010 and has also run for president. Forty-two percent of voters said they support Hickenlooper, 41 percent support Tancredo.

The poll has a 3 percent margin of error. The surveys were conducted through land lines and cell phone interviews from June 5 – 10 among 1,065 registered Colorado voters.

The news out of the poll is tough for Democrats. Almost half of those polled disapproved of the Democratic-controlled legislature. Forty-five percent approved of the job Hickenlooper was doing and 42 percent disapproved.

Support of the death penalty was split among male and female voters and those polled who called themselves Protestants and Catholics. Sixty-three percent of women polled say they want to continue the death penalty and 71 percent of men support it. Seventy percent of self-classified Protestants and Catholics support the death penalty.

Among those polled, 74 percent said the death penalty, and Hickenlooper’s recent decision, will be “very important” or “somewhat important” in their 2014 gubernatorial vote.

Hick has trampled our 2nd amendment rights, raised government fees and taken a ‘non Colorado’ stance on the death penalty. He has shown disdain for voters from both parties and I cannot see how Colorado citizens can vote for him…just because he comes off as a nice guy from the trendy LoDo bar scene.

W Dawes

Anyone that takes an oath to defend our natural rights (Right to self defense included), and the Constitution, then honors Bloomberg by trampling on both, has got to go.

HardFocus

You get what you pay for, and Bloomberg paid for a Progressive Leftist puppet and got his money’s worth…plus.

Bellabroncofan

Both are fools….. Tancredo is a bogot and Hickenlooper is weak…. I pass on voting on these two foolish men…

Bobby

When you say TAncredo is a bigot, you mean he has citizens best interests at heart. Come clean, leftist democrat party shill.

Bellabroncofan

No I mean he’s a fool….. Nothing to come clean on…

W Dawes

No you are a bigot, pro-lawbreaker who calls people that want the rule of law, bigots. Go back to your Raza, bigot….lol

Bellabroncofan

Ha,ha,ha!!! Go back to Raza….. !! Another foolish person you are….. Talk about racist, people like you are not hard to find…

W Dawes

No you got pwnd and just don’t know it yet, Raza!

Bellabroncofan

Speak English, I have no idea what pwnd means….

Bellabroncofan

Speak English, I have no idea what pwnd means….

Anonymous

Actually DrJ3, your assessment of Hick is not really accurate, I think he comes off as a very arrogant person. He said the 2nd Amendment issue was going to damage him, he threatened a reporter by saying he would lose “access” and he trampled on justice for the families of Dunlap’s victims and Coloradoans in general. I almost think he has disdain for people. I like Tancredo’s strong independent streak I think he’s just what Colorado needs right now.

denverboy1

colorado does not need a bigot as Governor..We are not Arizona..Or Texas or the SOuth east block of America..We do not need a self deporting man As Gov…Besides..If Tom runs ..Every legal latino and Minority group in Colorado will vote against him….Game over… TOM

DrJ3

And, they will vote against him whether or not they are registered.

Bobby

So says a Colorado Mexican Reconquista. Yeah, I guess Tancredo would get in the way of your sympathies. Hickenlooper would suit reconquista , Mexicans first types just fine.

quercus454

Why is it you think Hispanics should get to break our immigration laws?

quercus454

Why is it you think Hispanics should get to break our immigration laws?

Rex

.Every legal latino and Minority group in Colorado will vote against him….Game over… TOM

The people who call Latino are actually Ibero-Indians. Italians are the Latins. These people have no identity and need not steal one from the legitimate owners.
The Latins come from Italy and not from Spain. The Latin Language comes from Italy and not from Spain. The Latin Language comes from Italy and not from Spain and not from what the French called “Amerique Latine”.

As for the…Every illegal “Latino” meaning Ibero Indian and minority group voting against Tancredo, so what.

If the people of Colorado continue electing leftists they will not have a State of their own very soon.

Bob

I originally liked Hickenlooper due to his pro business attitude…. But his recent actions have me looking for “anyone but Hick.” Tancredo is a bit off in some of his positions, but I think he is the “lesser of 2 evils” in this case. Who in their right mind would decide it is OK to give the secret service (the SS) the right to step in and enforce federal gun laws, super-ceding local sheriffs? Talk about a back door Federal bootlicker.

Larry Launer

I studied Tancredo back when he ran for pres, He is very very smart on all issues , not just immigration

Bobby

Of course he is. Tancredo was a school teacher, helped run a business, was a Congresman, but the left has spent millions of dollars dissing this man and trying to destroy his career. One would think that,that alone should wise people up as to what the left is up to.

Bellabroncofan

He disses himself and ruins his own career, you can’t blame anyone but him for his foolishness…

mobilebay

If I lived in Colorado, I’d vote for Tom Tancredo…often. He knows that illegal immigration is destroying our nation. I’d like to see former Rep. Tancredo in Washington after he beats Hickenlooper. Let he, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Rep.Steve King and an other like-minded individuals run the country for awhile.

Elliott

Keep in mind – Death penalty leaves the option of negotiating in exchange for a lesser – i.e., life without parole. E.g., Multiple murderer willing to tell of other co-conspirators and location of bodies in exchange for life without parole. If the death penalty is not an option, how do you get this information … take away his library privileges?

Larry Launer

Go Tom , If Tancredo gets in , Colorado gets rid of its illegals

Bobby

I doubt it, but at least Colorado will have shown that it doesn’t take orders from D.C. leftists, nor worthless Republican RINO’s.

Bobby

My God, how can Coloradans vote for Hickenlooper? How? He didn’t even say much and wasn’t at all moved, when an illegal alien executed a Colorado police officer. You people in Colorado that support this clown, are going to deserve every single thing he will put on you. peace. He will destroy Colorado’s counter-culture communities with overbuilding, he will flood it with foreign nationals, many criminals, from Mexico. Good luck if you don’t stop this B.S. now by voting for someone who actually has Colorados CITIZENS. best interests at heart.

Kathleen3

I consider Tom Tancredo one of the most ethical, moral, and patriotic man to have served in government. This man never allowed Karl Rove or the Republicans to compromise his values and was one of the very few in Congress who actually honored his oath of office, our Constitution, and existing federal law.

W Dawes

Tancredo has always had respect for our Constitution and our military. He has always had a positive outlook for America, and you can see it is in his heart. When he says we live the best country in the world, he isn’t just saying it. He lives it, not just promises it. Karl Rove is a big government loser, who would say anything to block Tancredo.

tedthebear

Run Chickenpooper, run!!

DrJ3

Hickenlooper will win because the conservatives, once again, cannot get it together. Hickenlooper wiill run against Tancredo and Gessler. Guess who wins?

RobertChase

How to lose the election to Hack — run Tancredo. America is a fascist society, the least free on Earth. Where does the country that imprisons more of its people than any other get off calling itself “the land of the free”? That is truly Orwellian hypocrisy! As for the bizarre notion that Hack is a “Leftist”, see above. If you are an American, disassociate yourself from the two fascist parties who have almost destroyed our heritage of freedom and are blighting our posterity: https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter-classic/secuRegVoterIntro.do

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.